Apparatus for vapor baths



(No Model.)

E. POND. APPARATUS POR'VAPOR BATES.

Patented Dec.l 12, 1882.,

N. PETERS. Pholmhagrapher. Wnhingtun. D4 C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.u

ERASTUS POND., OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR VAPOR BATHS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of` Letters Patent No. 268,933, dated December 12, 18.82.

i i Application filed September 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERAs'rUs POND, of Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and nsel'ul Improvements in Apparatus for Vapor Baths; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to the letters` of reference marked thereon, which form part ot'this speci fication. 4

My invention relates to improvements in vapor baths, in which atable, supporting a revolving chair and having o`n its under side a deliector, is movable Within a casing, in order constantly to beoveran alcohol-lamp, notwithstanding the changes of the latter relative to thecasing;` and the objects of my invention are, first, to converge the vapor on the upper part of the bathers body; second, to provide against the radiation ot' vapor; third, to coucentrate the vapor on any side of the body;` and, fourth, to accomplish these objects With the greatest simplicity of construction.

My invention contemplates the cure ofrheumatic and other diseases by the heat contained in vapors generated from an alcohol-lampby means ot' the apparatus shown on theaccompanying drawings. It is always desirable to converge the vaporous waves upon the chest and lungs of the patient; and to this end I construct my bath with sloping sides terminating in 4a circular expansible neck-piece. All the sides have an equal slope except the one behind, which forms a smaller angle, in order to follow the formation of the patients back. lt is also desirable to retain all the heat generated, andthis l accomplish by having the bath tightly closed and by providing the expansible impervious neck-piece, which will always form a tightjointwith the patients neck, regardless ot' its size. and yet not be so tight as to be uncomfortable.' I prefer rubber for this purpose. It is also frequently desirable to concentrate the vapor upon any part ofthe patients body, and this Ieffect by placing the chair on a table capable of horizontal reciprocation by moving the lamp and table, so that .it may always be over a vapor-generating lamp movable on the bottom ofthe bath and, -ually, it is always a desirable aim to attain to combine the maximum utility with the greatest simplicity, and this is one of the objects of my invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation ot the bath; Fig. 2, a central vertical section, and Fig. 3 a plan view of the bath, showing the expansible neck-piece.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the specification.I

'The zinc-lined casing A has on its frontside two doors, B G, the larger permitting the entrance and exit of the bather and theother allowing the insertion and withdrawal of the lamp. The smalll door I prefer' to make of glass to observe the operation. The table D is removable from place to place within the bath to suit the convenience ofthe hather or the parts to which the bath may be applied. From its under side is suspended a. deliector, E, preferably conca-vo-convex, and on its upper side is superposed a revolving chair, O. It will be readily understood that the chair .can thus always be brought over the lamp, regardless of its location, and that the defilector will serve to divide the vapor.

I am not aware that all these objects have before been attained in one apparatus, and therefore What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

l. In a portabe vapor bath, a sloping casing, A, provided with the two doors, B G, in combination with the movable table.D,achair, O, and deflector E, all substantially as herein fully set forth and described. 2. 1n a portable vapor bath, the inclosiugcasing tapering at its apex, in combination with a movable chair-support and `chair and with a movable lamp, the said support and lamp being movable, in order to bring the vapor in contact with any desired part ot' the body, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence oftvto Witnesses.

ERASTUS POND. Witnesses W. A. MGFARLIN, FLOYD L. SMITH. 

